Sewing accessory



May 22, 1923.

V. V. MOORE SEWING ACCESSORY Filed May 16. 1922 ,Tnven tor Vesfa/foorePatented May 22, i223.

VIRGINIA VESTA oons, or os ntennas, onn ronmn,

snwme ACCESSORY.

Application filed May 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I VIRGINIA VnsrA MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in SewingAccessories, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder device for spools of cotton, etc.,and'has for its object to provide a very simple and inexpensive form ofspool holder combining a safety pin providing for the ready attachmentof the holder to the wearing apparel of the person having to use thethread wound on the spool, and to provide also a thread eye or guide.

Other objects will be made manifest in the following specification of anembodiment 22 of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the device.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device showing a spool applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is an edge or end view of Fig. 2.

In the present invention a spool of cotton or other material is adaptedto be conveniently carried on the person by means of a holder consistingof substantially parallel side arms 2 having at remote ends shortinturned spindle forming stubs 3 which are axially aligned. The arms 2have upper axial extensions 4 converging toward parallel shanks 5. Theseshanks are securely fastened in close and parallel position by a simpleand inexpensive means consisting of a shell or tubular structure 6, thelower end of which is disposed close to the bends or elbows joining theextensions l and the shanks 5 of the arms.

One of the shanks 5 has a short transverse bar 5 contiguous to the upperend of the tube or casing 6 and thisbar is bent to form a thread eye orguide 7 from which is extended radially a cross bar 8 projecting beyondthe opposite side of the casing 6 and being provided with a hook 9disposed in a plane transverse to the axis of the casing 6.

The other shank 5 is extended beyond the end of the casing to form onebow 10 of a safety pin like device having a resilient coil 11 at theupper end of the bow 10 and from which coil extends the pin part 12which is of such length that its sharpened end can be 1922. Serial No.561,299.

sprung into and clear of the retaining hook 9.

In use of the device, the holder is adapted to be pinned in any suitableposition to wearing apparel, or to any other primary support, as, forinstance, to a table cover or cushion. A spool of material may bereadily attached by springing arms 2 sufficiently to spread the spindleparts 3 relatively and enable the entrance of these spindles in theusual spool hole, as shown in Fig. 2. An end of the thread on the spoolcan be carried up through the guide eye 7 as is clearly shown.

From the above it will be seen that the present device is constructed ofessentially but two pieces of wire of suitable strength and of suchsimple bent up form as to provide for the construction of the instrumentat small cost. This is by virtue of the fact that the principal membersof the support are of straight wire portions as, for instance,thestraight wire side arms 2 with the straight extensions 4: having thestraight shanks 5, all of which may be quickly and inexpensivelyproduced. The straight shanks can be rigidly fastened in parallelposition by the encasing shell or casing 6 which may be of simple sheetmetal wrapped around the parallel bars and then securely closed downand, if desired, fastened as by solder.

Various modifications and changes may be resorted to within the spiritof the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A spool holder comprising a pair of shank members provided with spoolhooking end portions, one of the shanks having a thread guide at oneend, the other shank being provided with a safety pin portion, and meansfor fastening the shanks in sub stantially closed parallel position.

2. A spool holder comprising a pair of shank members provided with spoolhooking end portions, one of the shanks having a thread guide at one endand having a pin keeper on the opposite side of the shank, the othershank being provided with a safety pin portion, and means for fasteningthe shanks in substantially closed parallel position.

3. A spool holder comprising a pair of substantially parallel shanks,one of which is extended into a safety pin portion, a

keeper 01; the yielding end of the safety pin portion, each shank havinga spool engaging hookia orti on, and means" fonfastening the slianks insubstantially *paralll p0- sitions.

Spool h ld 'QQIQPPifii'QQ y o substantially parallel shanks, one ofwhich is extended into a safety pin .pjor tion, .-a

I keeper for the yielding end of the safety pin portions-of the shanks.

In testimony whereof 1 have signed my nametQi-this specification.

VIRGINIA VESTA MOORE.

